Warning: This article contains details that may be upsetting to some readersPolice in Tennessee have charged a father with raping and killing his infant daughter.A statement from the Clarksville Police Department says 22-year-old Christopher Paul Conway was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with homicide and aggravated rape of the 9-month-old girl. The statement says a cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck and caused her death.Police said they originally responded to the child’s home Tuesday morning after a caller told them that CPR was in progress. The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She reportedly had injuries consistent with being raped.Authorities say an investigation of the death led to the arrest of Conway, who is being held in the Montgomery County Jail. Police say he confessed to both the rape and homicide.According to the Leaf-Chronicle, Conway works as an Army medic. His Facebook page indicates he is from Alabama, and is the married father of twin girls. The victim's twin sister has reportedly been removed from the home and is in state custody. Neighbors told WZTV that they didn't know much about the family. "He's military so he comes and goes. Other than that, I don't talk to him," Billy Reynolds said. Deborah Kendall said she was devastated to learn what had happened to the infant girl. "Just as a parent and grandmother, it's something unbelievable what people can do to their own child," she said, through tears. "It just breaks my heart what he did to her. I was just looking on his Facebook page. It looks like those babies had a hard time when they first came to life and for him to do that to his own daughter." Online jail records don’t indicate whether Conway has an attorney.A judge denied bond on the homicide charge, stating in court that this could be a death penalty case.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. —

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Police in Tennessee have charged a father with raping and killing his infant daughter.

A statement from the Clarksville Police Department says 22-year-old Christopher Paul Conway was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with homicide and aggravated rape of the 9-month-old girl. The statement says a cord was wrapped around the baby’s neck and caused her death.

Police said they originally responded to the child’s home Tuesday morning after a caller told them that CPR was in progress. The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She reportedly had injuries consistent with being raped.

Authorities say an investigation of the death led to the arrest of Conway, who is being held in the Montgomery County Jail. Police say he confessed to both the rape and homicide.

According to the Leaf-Chronicle, Conway works as an Army medic. His Facebook page indicates he is from Alabama, and is the married father of twin girls.

The victim's twin sister has reportedly been removed from the home and is in state custody.

"He's military so he comes and goes. Other than that, I don't talk to him," Billy Reynolds said.

Deborah Kendall said she was devastated to learn what had happened to the infant girl.

"Just as a parent and grandmother, it's something unbelievable what people can do to their own child," she said, through tears. "It just breaks my heart what he did to her. I was just looking on his Facebook page. It looks like those babies had a hard time when they first came to life and for him to do that to his own daughter."

Online jail records don’t indicate whether Conway has an attorney.

A judge denied bond on the homicide charge, stating in court that this could be a death penalty case.